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Dadhania wrote: >> The simplest fix is to disable FRED on those kernels, fwiw. > That would work, but disabling FRED means LTS users will not be able to use > FRED with confidential computing—that's not really a fix. Why not? Is there something out there that *NEEDS* FRED to function? > This isn't just SEV-SNP. Xin Li confirmed Intel TDX has the same issue: FRED > is enabled before exception handling is ready, and #VC/#VE can't be handled on > secondary CPUs. > > The initialization order is wrong for both SEV-SNP and TDX. The fixes are small > and targeted—just ensuring FRED state is set up before it's needed. Sure, it's a theoretical problem for TDX and a practical, demonstrable one for SEV-SNP.